verb
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress (Freq. 2)
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We wore ourselves out on this hike
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• Hypernyms: ↑indispose
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• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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Sam cannot tire out Sue
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ˌtire ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tire out he/she/it tires out present participle tiring out past tense tired out past participle tired out] phrasal verb
to make someone feel very tired
All that exercise really tired me out.
Thesaurus: to make someone tiredsynonym
Main entry: tire
Useful english dictionary. 2012.